Adjustable storage rack

ABSTRACT

An adjustable storage rack includes outer frames having different shapes, fastening sections at appropriate positions at frame portions of the outer frames, and an interwoven net body connected with the outer frames. Each fastening section at each frame portion is a U-shaped sliding groove or a rectangular loop allowing one end of the frame portion to insert into and move along the fastening section, thereby offering storage racks having various shapes with adjustability to suit different occasions of different space requirements by hanging or placing objects at the net body or the outer frames. Using connecting members, storage racks are assembled with one another to further achieving appearance and size variations.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The invention relates to an adjustable storage rack, and more particularly, to a storage rack having adjustment mechanisms for adjusting a size thereof and thus serving different occasions.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

A common storage rack for storing objects or hanging objects is generally consisted of an outer frame, and an interwoven net body in the outer frame. The storage rack is positioned to a wall or suspended, with objects being hung or placed at the outer frame or the net body. Such prior storage rack is a fixed body, and may become unsuitable when an occasion to be installed has dimensions inappropriate for the storage rack. In addition, in order to satisfy market demands, manufacturers of such prior storage racks are disadvantaged with increased production costs and lessened competitiveness by being obliged to fabricate storage racks of many sizes.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary object of the invention is to provide an adjustable storage rack with adjustability and adjustable structures for coordinating with storage spaces and amount of objects to be stored, thereby elevating practicability of the storage rack.

The aforesaid storage rack comprises outer frames in rectangular, semi-circular or quarter-circular shapes, fastening sections at appropriate positions at frame portions of the outer frames, and an interwoven net body connected with the outer frames. Each fastening section at each frame portion is a U-shaped sliding groove or a rectangular loop, such that one end of the frame portion is inserted into the fastening section and is allowed with sliding movements along the fastening section, thereby providing a storage rack having various shapes with adjustability for suiting different occasions when being suspended, located by screwing and placed.

The outer frames in various shapes of the aforesaid storage rack are connected with a plurality of parallel length-adjustable tubes for coordinating with size adjustment of the outer frames.

The aforesaid storage rack comprises a plurality of hooks each having a vertical notch at an appropriate position thereof, and are hung at the outer frames, the net body or the length-adjustable tubes using the notches thereof.

The aforesaid storage rack may combined with another storage rack having a different shape for achieving appearance variations with increase area of an composite storage rack formed.

To enable a further understanding of the said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, the brief description of the drawings below is followed by the detailed description of the preferred embodiments.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an elevational view according to the invention.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment having adjustability according to the invention.

FIG. 3 shows an elevational view of a rectangular storage rack according to the invention.

FIG. 4 shows an elevational view of a rectangular storage rack of an embodiment according to the invention.

FIG. 5 shows an elevational view of an elliptic storage rack according to the invention. FIG. 6 shows an assembly of an embodiment according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the invention comprises an outer frame 1 and a fastening section 10. The outer frame 1 has a first frame portion 11, a second frame portion 12 and an arched frame portion 13. The frame portion 13 is consisted of two plate bodies 131 and 132. The fastening section 10 has an accommodating loop 133 and sliding grooves 134 and 135. The plate body 131 is provided with the accommodating loop 133 for the plate body 132 to insert into. The frame portion 13 has two ends thereof respectively devised with the sliding grooves 134 and 135 for inserting the first frame portion 11 and the second portion 12, such that the first and second frame portions 11 and 12 are allowed with sliding movements along the sliding grooves 134 and 135. The outer frame 1 is provided with an interwoven net body 14 therein, and curved locating shaft 15 at a lower edge of the net body 14 and for positioning the storage rack to a wall.

Using the aforesaid components, a storage rack according to the invention is composed to be suspended, fastened or placed in different occasions. The net body 14 is for placing objects, or the frame portions 11, 12 and 13 are hung by hooks 2 each having a vertical notch 21, with the hooks 2 being hung by different objects. The frame portion 11 and 12 are moved along the sliding grooves 134 and 134, and the plate body 132 is moved along the accommodating loop 133, such that the outer frame 1 becomes an adjustable structure for adjusting a size of the storage rack.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the invention may be devised with a rectangular outer frame 3 having symmetrical U-shaped plate bodies 31 and 32. Each of the plate bodies 31 and 32 is provided with a fastening section 10 at each end thereof. Each fastening section 10 has accommodating loops 311 and 321 for the plate bodies 31 and 32 to insert through. The outer frame 3 has a plurality of parallel length-adjustable tubes 33 therein for allowing the plate bodies 31 and 32 to move along the accommodating loops 311 and 321, thereby offering the outer frame 3 with length adjustability. To be more precise, a size of the outer frame 3 becomes adjustable by extending or contracting the length-adjustable tubes 33. Furthermore, the storage rack is suspended by attaching suspending chains to four corners of the outer frame 3.

Referring to FIG. 5, the invention may be devised with an elliptic outer frame 4 similarly having symmetrical arched plate bodies 41 and 42. Each of the plate bodies 41 and 42 is provided with a fastening section 10 at each end thereof. Each fastening section 10 has accommodating loops 411 and 421 for the plate bodies 41 and 42 to insert through. The outer frame 4 has a plurality of parallel length-adjustable tubes 43 therein for allowing the plate bodies 41 and 42 to move along the accommodating loops 311 and 321, thereby offering the outer frame 3 with length adjustability and thus a size-adjustable storage rack having a different shape.

Referring to FIG. 6 showing an assembly in an embodiment according to the invention, the invention may also be devised with four quarter-circular outer frames 1 similarly to the outer frame 1 shown in FIG. 1. Using connecting members 5 fastened at the frame portions 11 and 12, the quarter frames 1 are altogether assembled to form a circular storage rack for satisfying different occasions and space requirements. Similarly, various objects are hung or placed at the net body 14 within the outer frames 1. The quarter-circular outer frames 1 in this embodiment have structures identical to those shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2. That is, the first frame portions 11 and the second frame portions 12 are moved along the sliding grooves 134 and 135, and the plate bodies 131 and 132 inserted into the accommodating loops 133 are moved along the accommodating loops 133, thereby accomplishing size adjustability of the storage rack. Sizes of adjacent members of the quarter-circular outer frames 1 are simultaneously adjusted with same ratios of each quarter-circular outer frame 1, thereby changing an overall area of the circular storage rack when assembled.

In addition, as in aforesaid descriptions, the invention may include outer frames having various shapes, such as quarter-circular outer frames 1 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the rectangular outer frame 3 shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, and the elliptic outer frame 4 shown in FIG. 5. Therefore, an actual assembled structure according to the invention is not limited by outer frames having same shapes. For instance, apart from the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the quarter-circular outer frames 1 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 connected into a circular storage rack, may also be composite racks having other appearances for a diversity of visual effects and space variations. To be more exact, the quarter-circular outer frames 1 in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 may be combined with the rectangular outer frame 3 in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, or the elliptic outer frame 4 in FIG. 5 to form storage racks having assorted appearances. Such combinations are too numerous to enumerate, and shall not be unnecessarily described.

Moreover, a principle of the invention is to offer a storage rack having adjustability and being connected using other storage racks for achieving appearance and size variations. Not only the adjusting structures of the storage rack can be adjusted for suiting storage spaces and stored objects, outer frames having different shapes can be composed according to preferences of users to form storage racks with various appearances. Other physical implementations such as the invention being suspended to a ceiling, fastened or attaching to a wall using screws or placed on the ground using stand pillars are all included in applications according to the invention.

It is of course to be understood that the embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the principles of the invention and that a wide variety of modifications thereto may be effected by persons skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims. 

1. An adjustable storage rack comprising an outer frame having symmetrical plate bodies and fastening sections provided at appropriate positions at frame portions of the outer frame, with the plate bodies respectively inserted through and moved along the fastening sections, thereby allowing the storage rack with adjustability.
 2. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outer frame has an interwoven net body, which has at lease one side thereof joined with the outer frame.
 3. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outer frame has a plurality of length-adjustable tubes having each end thereof fixed to the outer frame.
 4. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 1, wherein each fastening section at the outer frame is a U-shaped sliding groove.
 5. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 1, wherein each fastening section at the outer frame is a rectangular accommodating loop.
 6. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outer frame is semi-circular, quarter-circular or rectangular.
 7. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outer frame has a hook provided with a notch for hanging at the frame portions.
 8. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 1, wherein the outer frame has a connecting member connecting outer frames of at least two adjacent adjustable racks for accomplishing appearance and size variations of an assembled adjustable rack.
 9. An adjustable storage rack comprising an outer frame having symmetrical plate bodies and fastening sections provided at appropriate positions at frame portions of the outer frame, with the plate bodies respectively inserted into and moved along the fastening sections, thereby allowing the storage rack with adjustability; wherein, the outer frame has an interwoven net body, which has at lease one side thereof joined with the outer frame.
 10. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 9, wherein each fastening section at the outer frame is a U-shaped sliding groove.
 11. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 9, wherein each fastening section at the outer frame is a rectangular accommodating loop.
 12. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 9, wherein the outer frame is semi-circular, quarter-circular or rectangular.
 13. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 9, wherein the outer frame has a hook provided with a notch for hanging at the frame portions.
 14. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 9, wherein the outer frame has a connecting member connecting outer frames of at least two adjacent adjustable racks for accomplishing appearance and size variations of an assembled adjustable rack.
 15. An adjustable storage rack comprising an outer frame having symmetrical plate bodies and fastening sections provided at appropriate positions at frame portions of the outer frame, with the plate bodies respectively inserted into and moved along the fastening sections, thereby allowing the storage rack with adjustability; wherein, the outer frame has a plurality of length-adjustable poles each having two sides thereof fixed to the outer frame.
 16. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 15, wherein each fastening section at the outer frame is a U-shaped sliding groove.
 17. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 15, wherein each fastening section at the outer frame is a rectangular accommodating loop.
 18. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 15, wherein the outer frame is semi-circular, quarter-circular or rectangular.
 19. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 15, wherein the outer frame has a hook provided with a notch for hanging at the frame portions.
 20. The adjustable storage rack in accordance with claim 15, wherein the outer frame has a connecting member connecting outer frames of at least two adjacent adjustable racks for accomplishing appearance and size variations of an assembled adjustable rack. 